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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 6,255 | 4,934 | 78.6 | 77.3-79.9 | 1,321 | 21.4 | 20.1-22.7 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 2,154 | 1,598 | 74.4 | 72.1-76.6 | 556 | 25.6 | 23.4-27.9 |
Female | 4,101 | 3,336 | 82.1 | 80.7-83.5 | 765 | 17.9 | 16.5-19.3 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 4,665 | 3,749 | 79.9 | 78.3-81.3 | 916 | 20.1 | 18.7-21.7 |
African American | 1,112 | 829 | 75.7 | 72.5-78.6 | 283 | 24.3 | 21.4-27.5 |
Asian | 47 | 39 | 88.2 | 75.3-94.8 | 8 | 11.8 | 5.2-24.7 |
Native American | 110 | 82 | 74.3 | 60.2-84.6 | 28 | 25.7 | 15.4-39.8 |
Other Minorities | 274 | 194 | 71.4 | 63.5-78.2 | 80 | 28.6 | 21.8-36.5 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 297 | 205 | 70.3 | 62.8-76.9 | 92 | 29.7 | 23.1-37.2 |
-English Speaking | 122 | 94 | 78.0 | 66.8-86.2 | 28 | 22.0 | 13.8-33.2 |
-Spanish Speaking | 175 | 111 | 66.9 | 57.1-75.4 | 64 | 33.1 | 24.6-42.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,952 | 4,724 | 79.3 | 77.9-80.5 | 1,228 | 20.7 | 19.5-22.1 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 348 | 254 | 72.7 | 65.9-78.6 | 94 | 27.3 | 21.4-34.1 |
25-34 | 1,382 | 1,087 | 79.3 | 76.5-81.9 | 295 | 20.7 | 18.1-23.5 |
35-44 | 1,687 | 1,315 | 78.1 | 75.5-80.4 | 372 | 21.9 | 19.6-24.5 |
45-54 | 1,601 | 1,274 | 79.6 | 77.0-81.9 | 327 | 20.4 | 18.1-23.0 |
55-64 | 967 | 780 | 79.6 | 76.0-82.7 | 187 | 20.4 | 17.3-24.0 |
65-74 | 204 | 171 | 80.0 | 70.8-86.8 | 33 | 20.0 | 13.2-29.2 |
75+ | 34 | 27 | 82.0 | 61.7-92.8 | 7 | 18.0 | 7.2-38.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 508 | 313 | 61.8 | 56.0-67.4 | 195 | 38.2 | 32.6-44.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,642 | 1,175 | 70.8 | 68.0-73.4 | 467 | 29.2 | 26.6-32.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,700 | 1,327 | 78.3 | 75.7-80.7 | 373 | 21.7 | 19.3-24.3 |
College Graduate | 2,399 | 2,113 | 88.0 | 86.1-89.6 | 286 | 12.0 | 10.4-13.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 289 | 178 | 62.5 | 53.6-70.6 | 111 | 37.5 | 29.4-46.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 905 | 631 | 67.7 | 63.5-71.6 | 274 | 32.3 | 28.4-36.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 824 | 610 | 73.8 | 69.9-77.4 | 214 | 26.2 | 22.6-30.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,063 | 831 | 77.8 | 74.6-80.8 | 232 | 22.2 | 19.2-25.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,060 | 872 | 80.4 | 77.2-83.3 | 188 | 19.6 | 16.7-22.8 |
$75,000+ | 1,291 | 1,129 | 87.8 | 85.5-89.9 | 162 | 12.2 | 10.1-14.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,170 | 885 | 75.2 | 71.9-78.3 | 285 | 24.8 | 21.7-28.1 |
No | 4,986 | 3,977 | 79.5 | 78.1-81.0 | 1,009 | 20.5 | 19.0-21.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 566 | 431 | 76.2 | 71.6-80.2 | 135 | 23.8 | 19.8-28.4 |
Non-Veteran | 5,591 | 4,417 | 78.7 | 77.3-80.1 | 1,174 | 21.3 | 19.9-22.7 |
Currently Serving | 98 | 86 | 88.7 | 78.7-94.4 | 12 | 11.3 | 5.6-21.3 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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